Days before the movie Watchmen is even released, the movie has already set a new record: the highest number of theaters to play an R-rated film ever, with 3,611 screens.
The Zack Snyder-helmed comic book adaptation will play in 1,600 locations Thursday at midnight, which is 656 more than Snyder’s movie 300 had for its midnight shows.
Snyder’s first night earnings for 300 was the second-highest ever for an R-rated movie with $28 million, with Warner Bros’ 2003 hit The Matrix Reloaded in the number one spot, earning over $42.5 million its opening night.

The Matrix Reloaded had a 3,603-theater distribution for its entire run.
Warner Bros. Distribution President Dan Fellman said [...]

Check out two exclusive, brand-new clips of the mysterious masked Rorschach form the upcoming comic book adaptation “Watchmen” right here:
Based on the award-winning and much-beloved 1980’s graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, “Watchmen” is about a dark alternate time, where a group of former heroes attempt to deal with and shake off their many flaws and damaged psyches in order to investigate the death of one of their own, and in the process uncover a much bigger threat to the entire world. Written by Moore and drawn by Gibbons, the title ran in single issues as a limited series between 1986 and 1987 from DC/Vertigo Comics and [...]

Variety.com is breaking the story of Warner Bros. courting Jeffrey Dean Morgan to star in their big-screen adaptation of the DC/Vertigo title “The Losers”. Morgan is slated to appear as The Comedian in the upcoming “Watchmen” movie, the highly-anticipated film adaptation of the famous Alan Moore and David Gibbons graphic novel in theaters March 6th.
The Losers, written by Andy Diggle and drawn by Jock between 2003 and 2006, takes place in world focusing on intelligence, black ops, and the US “War On Terror”. They are a Special Forces team lent to the C.I.A. in the 1990’s and were betrayed and left for dead by their handler, a mysterious man [...]

Here’s another very cool French movie poster from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill [...]

The folks over at Aintitcool.com got their grubby little hands on a few clips from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets [...]

The guys over at Filmz.ru just posted some really cool movie stills from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to [...]

Here’s a brand new TV Spot from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and [...]

You can check out a sampling of photos from Clay Eno’s “Watchmen Portraits” book over at io9.com, right here.
Enos, the on-set photographer for the upcoming big-screen “Watchmen” adaptation directed by Zack Snyder, also created all the photographs in the film, including shooting the infamous Minutemen team photograph. “Watchmen Portraits” is in stores today, and features portraits of props and of the cast in costume.
“Watchmen”, adapted from the DC/Vertigo title of the same name by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, hits theaters March 6th, 2009, following a long and controversial trial between Warner Bros and Fox over the rights to the title. It takes place in an alternate world [...]

Check out the latest Imax movie poster from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill [...]

Yet another new movie poster from the upcoming action film “Watchmen” by director Zack Snyder (300, Dawn of the Dead) and starring Malin Akerman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson and Matthew Goode.
Synopsis: “Watchmen” is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society, and the “Doomsday Clock” - which charts the USA’s tension with the Soviet Union - is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed up but no less determined masked vigilante Rorschach sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit [...]